Ray Bradbury Biographical Facts
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When did Ray Bradbury become a full time writer?
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Ray Bradbury became a full time writer in 1943.
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What was the name of the series Ray Bradbury came out with at first? When was it published?
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He first came out with loads of short stories titled, 'Dark Carnival' in 1947.
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Has Ray ever won any awards? If so, name a couple.
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He has won many awards, a couple being: the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award.
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When did Bradbury's success start to rise?
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Ray became more noticed and popular when he came out with, 'The Martian Chronicles.'
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Where and how many of Bradbury's stories adapted to?
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65 of his stories were adapted to TV in the Ray Bradbury theater.
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Who did Ray imitate when it came to writing until he was 18 years old?
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The first year Ray started writing horror stories, he tried to mimic Edgar Allan Poe until he was about 18.
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What story and by whom did Ray write his own sequel to?
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He was a huge fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his story, 'The Warlord of Mars' so much that Ray ended up writing a sequel of his own to it.
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What helped Ray Bradbury publish his own science-fiction fan magazines?
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He became a member of Los Angeles' Science Fiction League, which helped him publish his own science magazines.
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Why didn't Bradbury go to college?
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Ray didn't get a college education because not only was it expensive, but he said that going to a public library was more educational.
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What was he going to do before he started actually publishing books and all?
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Bradbury was rejected by the military because of his bad eyesight in 1938, after graduating high-school.
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Who was one of Ray's earliest influences?
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One of Ray Bradbury's influences of Edgar Allan Poe.
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What did Ray do when he joined Laraine Day's Wilshire Players Guild in 1939?
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Ray joined Laraine Day's Wilshire Players Guild in 1939, where he wrote and acted in plays for 2 years.
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What was the title of the first story he sold? And when?
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Bradbury sold his first story, 'The Lake' when he was 22 years old.
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Besides fiction, what else has he written?
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Ray writes, not only about fiction, but short essays of the arts and culture also.
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What did filmmaker Steven Spielberg say about Ray after he passed away?
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After Ray's death, filmmaker Steven Spielberg said that 'Ray was his muse for the better part of his sci-fi career.'
